Ep. 27 Eden Project Morecambe Oct 24

Eden Project Morecambe is something that’s been talked about for some years now – the development of a brownfield sight in the Lancashire town into something like the massively successful Eden Project in Cornwall. And it’s recently been handed another £2.5m by the government, bringing the total funding to £5m, to allow design teams to get going.

But why should it matter to Cumbria ? Specifically, to the Cumbrian arts and culture sector ?

For Episode 27 of Behind the Scenery, Tom Speight went along to The Midland Hotel, itself a beautiful art deco jewel on the Morecambe coastline, where there was a gathering of businesses and organisations with an interest in Eden Project Morecambe. All organised by Carlisle based PR group Intro.

He caught up with a number of people with an interest in the project’s success and began by chatting to Si Bellamy, one of those in charge of the project, to find out about the current state of play – and why it might matter to Cumbrians....